Lots of ways to spend money around the pool, no doubt about it. There are also ways to economize around the pool, make better use of resources which also results in a smaller footprint or impact of owning a pool. That's a win-win-win!

Swimming pools can be expensive to maintain and operate. There are some shortcuts to reduce your pool maintenance expenses. Lowering pool ownership costs, and reducing these barriers to ownership is a big part of what we try to do at poolcenter.com.

We think that swimming pools should be affordable to maintain, and fortunately, they are! Here's some tips of reducing the cost of pool maintenance. If you have your own tips, please share below in the comment box!

Save Water around the pool:

Avoid draining the pool of water, if at all possible, or drain and refill only a portion of the pool water.

Cartridge filters, which are not backwashed, use less than 1/4 of the water needed to backwash a sand or DE pool filter.

Use of a solar cover or liquid solar blanket or automatic pool covers greatly reduce evaporation loss, which can be as much as 1/4" per day.

Fix any leaks that occur in the skimmers, pool liner or around the filter pump.

Save Electricity around the pool:

Run the filter pump as little as possible. Reduce until water becomes hazy, then increase filter run time by 4 hours per day.

Keeping balanced water and proper filter operation can reduce the hours needed to run the pool pump.

DE powder can be rationed by "bumping" the filter 2-3 times before doing a full backwash. A bump is simply a short, 15 second backwash. Usually, this will lower the pressure for a few days to a few weeks, increasing the length of time between full backwash.

Save on Pool Heating Costs:

Turn it down! Lowering your pool heater thermostat by just 1 degree, can save as much as 10% in fuel cost.

Turn off the pool heater when you will not be using the pool for several days.

What tips do you have to reduce chemical, electrical costs? Or saving on pool heating costs or the cost of tap water. How have you economized in recent years, finding ways to reduce the overall cost of pool ownership? Or for my dear readers in the pool industry, share your tips from some of the many pools maintained.

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